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Order of Cultural Merit (Korea)

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Type
  
Order of merit

President
  
Park Geun-hye

Status
  
Currently awarded

Established
  
1951

Grades
  
Geumgwan Eungwan Bogwan Okgwan Hwagwan

Next (higher)
  
Order of Saemaeul Service Merit

The Order of Cultural Merit (Hanja: 文化勳章 문화훈장) is one of the Republic of Korea's (South Korea) Orders of Merit. It is awarded to those who have rendered outstanding meritorious services in the interest of improving the national welfare.

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Classes of Cultural Merit

The Order of Cultural Merit is conferred in five classes:

  1. Geumgwan (Gold Crown) 금관장
  2. Eungwan (Silver Crown) 은관장
  3. Bogwan (Precious Crown) 보관장
  4. Okgwan (Jeweled Crown) 옥관장
  5. Hwagwan (Flower Crown) 화관장

Other Orders of Merit

There are three kinds of decoration awarded by the Republic of Korea. They are Orders, Medals of Merit, and Service Medals.

Geumgwan (Gold Crown), 1st Class

  • Myung-Whun Chung, 1996.
  • Paik Nam-june, 2007.
  • Yu Hyeon-mok, 2009.
  • Park Wan-suh, 2011.

    • Eungwan (Silver Crown), 2nd Class

  • Martina Deuchler, 1995.
  • Kun-Woo Paik, 2010.
  • Kim Ki-duk, 2012.

    • Bogwan (Precious Crown), 3rd Class

  • Hai-Kyung Suh, 1980
  • Park Chan-wook, 2004
  • Kadir Topbaş, 2014

    • Okgwan (Jeweled Crown), 4th Class

  • Choi Min-sik, 2004 — Choi Min-sik returned the decoration badge in 2006, protesting large cuts in support programs for the arts programs of the Korean government.
  • Kim Dong-joo, 2004
  • Young-Key Kim-Renaud, 2006.
  • Park Jae-sang (PSY), South Korean musician, 2012

    • Hwagwan (Flower Crown), 5th Class

  • Ji-Young Kim, 1998.
  • Bae Yong-joon, 2008.
  • Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese religious leader, the Honorary President of Soka Gakkai, and President of Soka Gakkai International, 2009.
  • Jason Amper, 2012.

    • Class unknown

  • Helen Kim., 1963.
  • Samuel Martin, 1994.

    • References

    Order of Cultural Merit (Korea) Wikipedia
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